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Healthy, family-friendly apartment kitchen design: a study of practice in Melbourne, Australia

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posted on 2025-04-03, 01:57 authored by Angela KreutzAngela Kreutz, Anahita Sal MoslehianAnahita Sal Moslehian, IS Bower, Elyse WarnerElyse Warner, Fiona AndrewsFiona Andrews
AbstractThis study explored constraints and opportunities in apartment kitchen design for family home cooking and dining. An online audit of 115 two-bedroom apartments in three Melbourne suburbs of Australia was conducted, with images collected from the audit guiding photo-elicitation interviews on the kitchen designs, with architects from firms involved in apartment complex design. Affordance theory provided a conceptual lens to thematically analyse the design process and outcome in relation to architectural practice. Based on previously developed criteria, results from the audit revealed that only 18 (16%) had adequate kitchen design for families with children across five features assessed, with four themes emerging from interviews that identified constraints and facilitators to kitchen design practice: “Limited policy standards”; Architect assumptions align with market-led preferences”; “Built environment and apartment typology constraints”; and “Small scale design opportunities”. Findings provide unique insights into architects’ perspectives on apartment design, deepening understandings of how to support healthy family home food preparation and dining.

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Journal

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volume

39

Pagination

1583-1600

Location

Berlin, Germany

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1566-4910

eISSN

1573-7772

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Publisher

Springer

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